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æþelcyning

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From æþele +‎ cyning (“king”).[1] Cognate with Old Saxon athalkuning.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.θelˌky.ninɡ/, [ˈæ.ðelˌky.niŋɡ]

Noun

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æþelcyning m[1][2]

  1. noble king (Christ)
    • Crisles onsýn, æðelcyninges wlite ― Christ's countenance, the noble king's aspect,
    • Æðelcyninges ród ― the cross of the noble king,

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative æþelcyning —
accusative æþelcyning —
genitive æþelcyninges —
dative æþelcyninge —

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “æðel-cyning”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ John R. Clark Hall (1916) “æþelcyning”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
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